Vol. 9, No. 67

Cleanup & Remediation

Locals say DOE to pick up final two-year option with Paducah prime Four Rivers

Local officials in Western Kentucky said Wednesday the Department of Energy is picking up its remaining two-year option on its Deactivation and Remediation Contract with Jacobs-led Four River Nuclear Partnership at the Paducah Site. Four Rivers, a joint venture that also includes Fluor and BWX Technologies, currently has a $1.7-billion contract that started in June […]
  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Savannah River’s first plutonium pit mission: half the cores for new Navy warhead

    The Savannah River Site in South Carolina will produce at least half the plutonium pits for the Navy’s W93 warhead after the facility opens next decade, a federal official said Wednesday. “We don’t think we can get that facility up in time to do all of the W93 builds, but it’s important that we have […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Sea-launched cruise missile is NNSA unfunded priority; warhead other than W80-4 possible

    The National Nuclear Security Administration seeks $70 million for a sea-launched cruise missile warhead for fiscal year 2025 as part of the agency’s list of unfunded priorities, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm acknowledged at the start of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the weapon was among the […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Capito critical of Hanson in hearing for renomination to NRC

    Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) brought a list of old grievances to NRC Chair Christopher Hanson’s renomination hearing on Wednesday, setting the stage for a contentious process with time running short. Hanson’s term runs through June 30, and his quickest road to renomination, unanimous consent on the Senate floor, might prove impassable if Capito and all […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    SMSI sold to Bernhard Capital Partners

    Strategic Management Solutions, a small contractor for the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration, has been acquired by a Louisiana-based private equity management firm led by a former Shaw Group executive. The purchase of Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) was announced Tuesday in a press release by Bernhard Capital Partners. The buyer […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    DOE approves supersized SDU-9 for operation at Savannah River

    The Department of Energy has approved its latest jumbo-sized saltstone disposal unit for operation at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the agency said Tuesday. Saltstone Disposal Unit 9 (SDU 9) is the fourth such mega unit built at Savannah River to hold up to 33 million gallons of saltstone, DOE said in a […]

  • News & Analysis

    Correction

    The story “Final plaintiff settles Oak Ridge National Lab COVID vax case” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, April, 17, 2024] should have said Jessica Bilyeu is a current employee of UT-Battelle and her husband Jeffrey Bilyeu’s request for a religious accommodation was approved.

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